BARRY PAEDOPHILE ADMITS SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH TEENAGE GIRL
Owen Evans, 39, met and groomed a victim online.
During sentencing, the judge commended the victim for her bravery and the police officer in charge of the case, Detective Constable Tom Hurley, for the standard of his investigation.
—————————————————————————————————— Owen Evans, 39, of Barry Road in Barry, admitted to engaging in sexual activity with a teenage girl after grooming her for months and arranging to meet in Llantwit Major on May 31.
He pleaded guilty to sexual communication and an offence of making indecent images of a child at a previous hearing on January 14.
During the trial, he admitted meeting a child after grooming and one offence of sexual activity with a child, but maintained his not guilty plea to the second offence.
The case is scheduled for sentencing on March 4 after a pre-sentence report is prepared to assess the risk he poses to the public.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on first and surname
45.0%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United Kingdom
37.4%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
52.6%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Verified Conviction
Detected legal outcome
sexual activity with a teenage girl after grooming her for months and arranging to meet in Llantwit Major on May 31. He pleaded guilty to sexual communication and an offence of making indecent images of a child at a previous hearing on J...
